Sheila Jackson Lee

Greetings from Day 36 of the 60-day legislative session in Tallahassee! Yesterday was the typical Monday, in which nothing happened in the morning, and then committees kicked off in the afternoon. This Friday will be the typical Friday, in which nothing is scheduled in either chamber. When I heard we had a part-time Legislature in Florida, I always assumed it referred to session being just two months out of the year, not that they only put in three full days a week.

But despite the usual late start, some significant stuff hurdled another committee, not least of which was a bill from South Florida’s own state Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation.

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